Not Another Opinion

Sometimes we have some data and we need to draw some conclusions about it. E.g. const customer = { tier:…

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Bad Reasons To Write Comments

When writing software we need to leave important information behind. Some of this is the “documentation” of the code, JavaDoc…

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Nobody Expects the SpotBugs Inquisition

We recently upgraded to the latest version of SpotBugs, which is the successor to FindBugs. Its role is to identify…

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The Main Differences Between Java (Latest) and Before

Good morning, and welcome to my talk about the new features in the latest version of Java/<insert your language here>.…

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Faster Builds vs Stable Builds

We have a very comprehensive set of tests on our Java server application. There’s a mix of quick unit tests…

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The Live Database Pipeline

Evolutionary Database Design is a slightly counterintuitive approach to managing a database. On the one hand, we think of our…

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Spring Data Mock DAO

Warning, the following code example is suitable for a narrow range of use cases… but it’s strangely useful. When writing…

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Logging Side Effects

One would like to assume that turning logging on would have no side effect on the running software. LOGGER.info("The current…

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Wait For It…

Define Async/Await in JavaScript in One Sentence The async/await pattern allows non-blocking code to be written as though it’s blocking…

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